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Understanding 9/11Grateful Dead Live at State Fairgrounds on 1980-09-06
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- Publication date
- 1980-09-06 ( check for other copies)
- Topics
- Audience, FOB, Jim Wise, Scott Clugston, Charlie Miller
- Collection
- GratefulDead
- Band/Artist
- Grateful Dead
- Resource
- DeadLists Project
- Item Size
- 1.9G
Set 1
Alabama Getaway-> Greatest Story Ever Told, Sugaree, Me & My Uncle-> Mexicali Blues, Tennessee Jed, Feel Like A Stranger, Friend Of The Devil, Far From Me, Little Red Rooster, China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider-> Promised Land
Set 2
Shakedown Street, Lost Sailor-> Saint Of Circumstance, Althea, Playin' In The Band-> Uncle John's Band-> Drums-> Not Fade Away-> The Wheel-> Uncle John's Band-> Playin' In The Band-> Sugar Magnolia, E:One More Saturday Night-> E: Brokedown Palace
Roy Bucanan then Levon Helm Opened
Alabama Getaway-> Greatest Story Ever Told, Sugaree, Me & My Uncle-> Mexicali Blues, Tennessee Jed, Feel Like A Stranger, Friend Of The Devil, Far From Me, Little Red Rooster, China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider-> Promised Land
Set 2
Shakedown Street, Lost Sailor-> Saint Of Circumstance, Althea, Playin' In The Band-> Uncle John's Band-> Drums-> Not Fade Away-> The Wheel-> Uncle John's Band-> Playin' In The Band-> Sugar Magnolia, E:One More Saturday Night-> E: Brokedown Palace
Roy Bucanan then Levon Helm Opened
Notes
Notes:
- Thanks to Jim Wise for recording the show and the fresh transcription of his FOB audience master
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Tim Friend and Andrew F for the shnid101684 FOB Nakamichi 300 source which supplies a 0:13 patch in "Drums", as well as a 0:05 patch in the "One More Saturday Night > Brokedown Palace" transition
- There is some minor wind noise noticeable in between some songs
- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for verifying the pitch
- A fun time was had by all
Mastered by Scott Clugston
August 2018
- Addeddate
- 2018-08-23 11:49:18
- Identifier
- gd1980-09-06.142972.fob.nak700.wise.miller.clugston.flac1648
- Location
- Lewiston, ME
- Run time
- 211:45.200
- Taped by
- Jim Wise
- Transferred by
- Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller
- Type
- sound
- Venue
- State Fairgrounds
- Year
- 1980
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Reviewer:
Mind Wondrin
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July 31, 2019 (edited)
Subject: Pivoting
This has long been a legendary show - for the atmosphere in person, for the playing, and for the popularity of the trade. Granted, it often circ'd ... high gen and incomplete, and was only for those delving into 3-tape trades. It's known for the huge setlist and because it was something of a pivot point for '80. This was the final show before 3sF80 [the big stretch of 3-set Fall residency shows]. This show looks forward to those shows in style and energy, but when they came back they had been in the woodshed with different songs and with changes in gear. The Dead's constant evolution can be hard to pinpoint - often we can group specific sounds by year or era - but it's been said that '80 splits in half here.
This tour of the East purposely hit smaller markets and areas further from NYC, due to the upcoming Radio City engagement. They came back to Maine after just 4 months. The Lewiston grounds had been a horse track and was awaiting development when the space was used for concert events. The whole end of the tour is one hot show after another, but for this final show they went all out and added several extra songs to both sets [for a 1: 45 1st set and an almost 2hr 2nd]. And all this after big sets from Levon Helm w/the Cate Brothers & Roy Buchanan. This helped fertilize the '80s legend/mantra 'always see the last show of a tour'. Yet it seems this show has now become a hidden gem - and may remain so, since it's apparently not in the vault. I dig the NedCat quote describing the huge plastic sheets and the creation of a "gigantic slip'n'slide for the crowd who promptly improvised the sport of Human Bowling". Youth is resilient and loves an excuse to shout woo.
First Set. Alabama ain't too shabby but Greatest Story makes the ship lift off! Exciting. Sugaree is solid - not best-of-year, but good. Jer wrangles with Mexicali, squeezing jumpy measures. Set low point Tennessee has a fixable blip @7:53, and a patch at the wrong speed [on the SBD] . Feel Like a Stranger is one of the longest, @11:38. It has a cool start and a hot jam - among a jumble of likewise '80s. Friend of the Devil is a standout: by the time Jer's measures come he is absolutely bursting to run up and down the neck. The Brent-Jer team is right on the dime for Far From Me and that spark transmogrifies right into Little Red Rooster's potent crowing (only the 6th one). The last three are also pure X factor punch. Jer is brilliant even behind Bobby's verses on Rider. By Promised Land, the sustained level of playing is ridiculous.
Second Set. After a standard Shakedown comes a Lost Sailor tighter than prom night, into a Saint dispatched with alacrity. Althea sent me left at the lights. There's a nice, long tuning intro to start the Playing sammich, but it's average '80 until the end jam of Uncle John's (the final verse is held back). The drummers stay out for the short Space, so they can vibrate the Heads and purposely fuck them up. Not Fade is solid enough, but veering into The Wheel is an unexpected, delicious U-turn. The rest is average '80, with Bobby losing his voice by Saturday Night, but luckily the second encore is Jer's. Brokedown Palace is a fine closer, and even though this set doesn't have quite the consistent playing of the first set, it has wonderful risks, segues and attempts, as well as hints of the next couple years.
1st Set: A
2nd Set: B-
Overall = 4½ stars HG
Highlights:
Greatest Story Ever Told - lift off!
Mexicali Blues - wrangles/squeezes/jumpy
Friend of the Devil - bursting to run
Far From Me - Jer boosts Brent's build
Little Red Rooster - potent crowing
China Cat Sunflower>I Know You Rider - brilliant ensemble playing
Promised Land - at this point, ridiculous
Lost Sailor - nailed
Althea - so good
Space - '90-styled head/body tweak
SOURCES: The best 1st set SBD (sans the last three songs) is the miller_25560 - if you repitch. It runs too slow and needs +2% correction (as do other versions of the SBD). A MTX with the Wise AUD would be great. The best 2nd set (and last three of the 1st) is the nak700_wise_miller_clugston version of the Jim Wise AUD. It's the clearest and it's patched, though still a hair fast. Most other sources come from either the Wise or the Steve Rolfe AUD. Other versions of the Wise run too fast and are badly bricked (including the AUD portions of miller_25560) compared to the Rolfe. The hance and the commander_berger are the John Hance AUD, pitched right but with lots of chatter and clapping. The morris_102017 is the Bob Morris AUD, pitched too fast. The andrewf_101685 is the Tim Friend AUD, with a good image but less clarity and muddy highs.
Subject: Pivoting
This has long been a legendary show - for the atmosphere in person, for the playing, and for the popularity of the trade. Granted, it often circ'd ... high gen and incomplete, and was only for those delving into 3-tape trades. It's known for the huge setlist and because it was something of a pivot point for '80. This was the final show before 3sF80 [the big stretch of 3-set Fall residency shows]. This show looks forward to those shows in style and energy, but when they came back they had been in the woodshed with different songs and with changes in gear. The Dead's constant evolution can be hard to pinpoint - often we can group specific sounds by year or era - but it's been said that '80 splits in half here.
This tour of the East purposely hit smaller markets and areas further from NYC, due to the upcoming Radio City engagement. They came back to Maine after just 4 months. The Lewiston grounds had been a horse track and was awaiting development when the space was used for concert events. The whole end of the tour is one hot show after another, but for this final show they went all out and added several extra songs to both sets [for a 1: 45 1st set and an almost 2hr 2nd]. And all this after big sets from Levon Helm w/the Cate Brothers & Roy Buchanan. This helped fertilize the '80s legend/mantra 'always see the last show of a tour'. Yet it seems this show has now become a hidden gem - and may remain so, since it's apparently not in the vault. I dig the NedCat quote describing the huge plastic sheets and the creation of a "gigantic slip'n'slide for the crowd who promptly improvised the sport of Human Bowling". Youth is resilient and loves an excuse to shout woo.
First Set. Alabama ain't too shabby but Greatest Story makes the ship lift off! Exciting. Sugaree is solid - not best-of-year, but good. Jer wrangles with Mexicali, squeezing jumpy measures. Set low point Tennessee has a fixable blip @7:53, and a patch at the wrong speed [on the SBD] . Feel Like a Stranger is one of the longest, @11:38. It has a cool start and a hot jam - among a jumble of likewise '80s. Friend of the Devil is a standout: by the time Jer's measures come he is absolutely bursting to run up and down the neck. The Brent-Jer team is right on the dime for Far From Me and that spark transmogrifies right into Little Red Rooster's potent crowing (only the 6th one). The last three are also pure X factor punch. Jer is brilliant even behind Bobby's verses on Rider. By Promised Land, the sustained level of playing is ridiculous.
Second Set. After a standard Shakedown comes a Lost Sailor tighter than prom night, into a Saint dispatched with alacrity. Althea sent me left at the lights. There's a nice, long tuning intro to start the Playing sammich, but it's average '80 until the end jam of Uncle John's (the final verse is held back). The drummers stay out for the short Space, so they can vibrate the Heads and purposely fuck them up. Not Fade is solid enough, but veering into The Wheel is an unexpected, delicious U-turn. The rest is average '80, with Bobby losing his voice by Saturday Night, but luckily the second encore is Jer's. Brokedown Palace is a fine closer, and even though this set doesn't have quite the consistent playing of the first set, it has wonderful risks, segues and attempts, as well as hints of the next couple years.
1st Set: A
2nd Set: B-
Overall = 4½ stars HG
Highlights:
Greatest Story Ever Told - lift off!
Mexicali Blues - wrangles/squeezes/jumpy
Friend of the Devil - bursting to run
Far From Me - Jer boosts Brent's build
Little Red Rooster - potent crowing
China Cat Sunflower>I Know You Rider - brilliant ensemble playing
Promised Land - at this point, ridiculous
Lost Sailor - nailed
Althea - so good
Space - '90-styled head/body tweak
SOURCES: The best 1st set SBD (sans the last three songs) is the miller_25560 - if you repitch. It runs too slow and needs +2% correction (as do other versions of the SBD). A MTX with the Wise AUD would be great. The best 2nd set (and last three of the 1st) is the nak700_wise_miller_clugston version of the Jim Wise AUD. It's the clearest and it's patched, though still a hair fast. Most other sources come from either the Wise or the Steve Rolfe AUD. Other versions of the Wise run too fast and are badly bricked (including the AUD portions of miller_25560) compared to the Rolfe. The hance and the commander_berger are the John Hance AUD, pitched right but with lots of chatter and clapping. The morris_102017 is the Bob Morris AUD, pitched too fast. The andrewf_101685 is the Tim Friend AUD, with a good image but less clarity and muddy highs.
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